To Chaiko, living in the prehistoric world, existence is hard enough. Become injured and life becomes nearly impossible. What does he have to do to regain worth and status? Sharpened by misfortune and need, his intelligence is the only tool to help find his way in an often hostile world. Yet the challenges he faces cause him to grow in unexpected and satisfying ways.

The epic begins as Dreibrand Veta and the conquering Horde of the Atrophane Empire reach a mythic Wilderness that beckons with a magical call to glory. But Onja, Queen of the rys, a race far more powerful than the greatest human state, guards this land. She has the power to imprison souls and her genocidal rage is legendary. Everything is at risk for her desperate enemies, the union of renegades.

The unexpected death of her best friend Evelyn leaves Kate Monahan shaken. The paralegal starts digging around for information and the decades-old secrets she uncovers lead to murder, suicide and betrayal. Options is a mystery that delves into the cut-throat business and financial world and provides a first-hand, fictional look into the eccentric and erratic behaviour of executives.

Mark and Nathan Connor are estranged twins. There is little to connect them, save their current residence at 314 Crescent Manor, an old building situated in the centre of the city.
The tenants of the Manor are never housed at random. With its large, brooding stained glass tree bearing down on them from the fifth floor to the first, it watches, and waits for one world to topple into the next.

On the planet Kelanni, life is cheap.
An ruthless invader, backed up by Keltar enforcers is compelling the native populace to mine "lodestone", a substance that contains infinite power.
The only ones that can stop him are a young girl with a fiery disposition, a former Keltar, a failed revolutionary, a musician and the mysterious creature Boxx, who seems to speak only in riddles.

She's a dropout and single mother with a dead-end job. He's been divorced by an ambitious wife and fired by his employer. Brought together by circumstance, they battle in the eternal war between the sexes. Two losers at the game of love--they've no intention of going through that again.

This EBook is a collection of articles submitted by the participants to the Harvard Business School’s 2010 “Workshop on Integrated Reporting: Frameworks and Action Plan.” The purpose of this EBook is to help broaden the awareness of integrated reporting, to help give it greater definition and clarity, and to help spread its broad adoption around the world.

Dr. Fox holds the world in his hands, but can't communicate with his daughter. When he's killed by corrupt government rivals, his children face a future alone and hunted but the most ruthless contractors in Angel City. Ashley must protect her younger brother and their father's legacy - a neural computer interface called The Micronix - while evading the weight and wrath of the ravenous Republic.

Thomas Wilson is missing. When last seen, he was being taken away by a representative of the mysterious TGN organisation, his identity erased.
Kathy Turner, his best friend, has gone insane searching for him. Or has reality distorted itself around her?
This philosophical thriller brings their destinies together on a journey deep into the nature of identity, reality and existence itself.

When the dragon Jaax receives word that a human infant has been found in the province of Oescienne, he doesn't believe it. Humans have been extinct for centuries, trapped by a terrible curse and left to live out their existence in the form of dragons. Jaax assumes responsibility for the baby girl only to discover that what he has been seeking for so many years has finally been found . . .

Mystery, action, great characters, with some comedy and a little romance thrown in for good measure, make this a must read. The small lake front City of Safe Haven Harbor is broke but no one can figure out why. A new City Manager is hired to uncover the cause and Millie Boyd is thrown together with him. It turns out Millie's special talent is key to unraveling the mystery.

In Across the Stars, the Earth is recovering from an assault by a group of aliens known as the Orians. The Earth conscripts an alien spaceship on a journey across space... which leads them eventually to the home star system of the Orian race.

In the buried archives of the Temple of Dust may lie the secret to defeating the Curse, a creature which seeks to destroy 16 year old Ria for the forbidden gifts she possesses. But it is from among the ranks of those who control the Curse where Ria will find her best chance of success. Only the Priestess Niri can save Ria from the forces that hunt her, if Niri doesn’t betray the girl first.

It was hot. There was sudden stillness in the late afternoon air and the surface of the small waterhole shone with unnatural smoothness. Fresh pig tracks at water's edge suggested pigs just gone. Two bubbles popped to the surface near the edge of the pool; just decaying vegetation, said my mind. I should have smelt crocodile!
A story of a missionary family in remote aboriginal Australia.

An idealistic shape changer at a pharmaceutical company discovers corporate secrets that hide surprisingly vile plans. Someone will kill to protect mysteries the company has worked so hard to hide. On a sales trip to the South Pacific, he is arrested, hunted by an unsavory boot camp manager, and finds love, all while learning how his unique abilities can keep him from being the next murder victim.

Written like it's a video game, a manga and RPG inspired story, follows the events leading up to the first major prophecy. Our heroes, a seven year old Sacred Dancer, a swordsman that despises titles, a warrior with the ability to control the land, a blind archer and the classic white mage try to find a way back to Earth after being transported by a mysterious power. Can they make it back?

.In this epic length whimsical sequel to Secrets of Goth Mountain, an inept DOD scientist leads efforts to save Earth from an impending apocalypse set in motion by man-eating space aliens. The slightly askew Earthly setting includes mythical, supernatural, and alien players, as well as an unlikely reincarnation of the author and the book Government Men itself. Edited March 2015 re-release.

Book One. This series tells of the Greatest Adventures In Modern Elvish History. Challenges and battles abound. Join Amanda Ackers and elves, dwarves, witches, wizards, and other creatures, as she finds a long lost and powerfully Wizitched artifact, that she was never meant to find. She must learn to control the spirits trapped within it, or all the good within all realms, will perish.

Ellery Mayne is shocked to learn that she’s being shadowed by an elite security team and surprised by the love of one of her protectors, former CIA agent Ash Ryan. But their secret romance and his loyalty to his colleagues get pushed to the limit when the team's mysterious employer appears to claim more than just her heart. With her life 'In the Spotlight' Ellery is the 'Mayne Attraction.'